Cathy Lee 's Blog

Do you have fire in your belly?  Do you have courage in hang in there through the good and the bad?? Are you learning all you can?  The more you learn, the more you give back to make a difference!  Don't put commitment off.  Do it now!  Just do It!!!    C.L. Design Services Home Staging is commit...

  I was reminded today when I was destaging a home I prepared for sale last month, (it sold in 4 days-yahoo!!!) as stagers we are naturally creative.  If we let our creative minds go, we can come up with all kinds of ways to create magic.  One room I love to do this in when staging a vacant home ...

.................When You Are Working With Glass"    Dale Chihuly, master glass artist I toured deYoung Fine Arts Museum today. Dale Chihuly Glass Exhibition is the main attraction until September 28th.      Dale states there are only a few materials on Earth that light can travel through; glass,...

We all know the value of color on our walls.  Color adds warmth, richness and depth to our rooms and spaces.    My clients recently desired a change in their kitchen.  They saw an episode of HGTV featuring "patterned paint" on a roll and gave me a call.  We ordered free sample design cards from w...

The Contra Costa Times reported a   positive  front page Real Estate article Wednesday. Yahoo!!!   At the Realtors Marketing Association, www.rmatoday.com,  Thursday morning it was the buzz of the group!!  Everyone was pleased to see something positive in the news after months of media gloom and ...

I received a call from a wise, wonderful Realtor Friday.  She just listed a home that had been on the market for months with another agent and this home was vacant.  The homeowner was coming into town later in the day and they wanted to meet and discuss staging the home.  The home had many great ...

Look at every room through the eyes of a buyer.  What can you do without while your home is on the market?  Let's pack early.  Take all valuable items to a safe deposit box. Most carpets need to be professionally cleaned before going on the market.  Badly worn carpet will need to be replaced.  Pi...

Plant Three Rows of Peas:      Peace of mind      Peace of heart      Peace of soul    Plant Four Rows of Squash:      Squash gossip      Squash indifference      Squash grumbling      Squash selfishness    Plant Four Rows of Lettuce:      Lettuce be faithful      Lettuce be kind      Lettuce be...

Today our staging color palette was inspired by Tom Scanlon, Houston Home Staging.  His post last week about flowers reminded me FALL, my favorite season of the year, is just a few weeks away!!!  I have several items in my staging inventory to accessorize any space with bright, warm colors.  The ...

  One of the services we provide at www.cldesignservices.com is to Plan, Design, Furnish and Decorate a Builders property or unit. This beautiful, custom, single level home built by Frederick Maida Construction, Inc. boasts 4 bedrooms plus an office and a 300 sq. ft. finished attic and 3.5 bathro...